Millender's Funeral Home | Moss Point, MS

Obituary For Mr. Alexander Lee Wonsley Johnson

Mr. Alexander Lee “Bud” Wonsley Johnson was born December 21, 1952, in Pascagoula, MS to the late Lonnie Mae Johnson Wonsley and Nathaniel “Shorty” Wonsley, Jr. He departed this life on June 1, 2019, at the age of sixty-six. He was one of eleven children, and was a lifelong resident of Jackson County, MS.

Mr. Johnson attended Carver High School in Pascagoula, MS and Magnolia High School in Moss Point, MS. Afterward, he attended and graduated from the Job Corps. He was a loving and caring father of his three children, Christopher Johnson (deceased), Angelah James, and Alexander Ross; and stepchildren, Phyllis Ross and Tracy Ross.

He was employed at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding for over eighteen years before he retired. He also previously worked at Gulf City Fisheries, and offshore over the years.

In addition to his parents, Lonnie Mae Johnson Wonsley and Nathaniel Wonsley, Jr., he was preceded in death by his son, Christopher Johnson; and two brothers, Larry James Wonsley Johnson and Mark Wonsley.

Mr. Johnson leaves to mourn, with cherished memories, two children, Alexander Ross of Grand Bay, Alabama and Angelah James of Pascagoula, MS; grandchildren, Teqwan James, Selena James, Alexander Ross, Jr., Elis ross, Jasmine Smith, Anthony Ross, and Jackson Ross; grandson, Xvaier James; siblings, Alberta Marie Wonsley of Gautier, MS, Otis Lee Wonsley of Washington, DC, Dorothy Wonsley of Moss Point, MS, George Ivory Wonsley of Jackson, MS, Leroy Wonsley of Winston-Salem, NC, Nathaniel (Gina) Wonsley, III of Tampa, FL, Hosea Wonsley of Gautier, MS and Robert James Wonsley of Moss Point, MS; devoted friend, Rhonda; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 8, 2019 at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 4100 Monarch Street, Moss Point, MS. The viewing will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Interment will follow the services in Scranton Cemetery, Pascagoula, MS.

Guest Book

Our sincere sympathies goes to you and yours in this most difficult time . Please find strength from the words of 2 Corinthians 1:3, 4 which reads: “Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our trials " Our loving God gave us the SURE promise of a resurrection right here on earth when it is restored to a beautiful paradise (Psalms 37:9-11, 29; Acts 24:15; Isaiah 55;11). What a joy it will be welcoming back to life our loved ones? You can go online to JW.ORG and find out more about this resurrection. R&R Lopez

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Please accept my sincere heartfelt condolences, to the Wonsley and Johnson family.The resurrection Hope is as sure as the sunrise, And the sun does rise every day, we may not be able to feel or see it but we know it is time to rise. Job gives us a beautiful answer to his time in his resting place he knew that he would serve a time waiting. His hope and faith was in his depending on a time when “He (Job) would be called by the (Creator) from his resting place and give way to an answer to that call. Job would be resurrected (Job14:14,15)Teresa

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With deepest sympathy to the family. AJ was a co-worker and friend. Paint Dept. Ms. Hill

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With deepest sympathy to the family. AJ was a co-worker and friend.

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